GM Alexei Shirov (Spain)
Current rating: 2709 (FIDE Profile)
Date of birth: 4.07.1972
The Grandmaster title has been in his possession since: 1990
His highest rating ever: 2755 (1.01.2008)
- FIDE World Championship Finalist (2000)
- FIDE World Championship Quarter-finalst (1997, 1999, 2001)
- FIDE World Cup finalist (2007)
- Multiple participant of "Elite" Tournaments (2nd place in Linares 1998, 3rd place in Wijk aan Zee 1998 and 2010)
- Gold Medallist of European Team Championship (1999) for the 1st board result
- Multiple representative of Latvia (1992-1994) and Spain (1996-2010) at Olympic Games
- Since 1992 still on FIDE Top 100 list.
- Winner or Co-winner of many tournaments e.g.: Stockholm (1990), Biel (1991), Buenos Aires (1993), Monaco (1998, 2000), Sarajevo (2004), Gibraltar (2005), Pojkowski (2006, 2008), Sofia (2009), Shanghai (2010)
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